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R.I. Gen. Laws § 36-8-3 (2026)

Responsibility for administration — Rules and regulations

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The general administration and the responsibility for the proper operation of the retirement system and for making effective the provisions of chapters 8 — 10 of this title are hereby vested in a retirement board. The retirement board shall, from time to time, establish rules and regulations for the administration and transaction of the business of the retirement system. Rules and regulations which have been or may be established pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be compiled, codified, and published so that they shall be generally available to the members of the system. The retirement board shall also perform such other functions as are required for the execution of chapters 8 — 10 of this title. The board shall also establish rules and regulations to govern the provisions of §§ 8-3-16, 8-3-17, 8-8-10.1, 8-8-10.2, 8-8.2-7, 8-8.2-8, 28-30-18.1, 28-30-18.2, 42-28-22.1, and 42-28-22.2.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases, 1989–2020 · leading case: Perrotti v. Solomon, 657 A.2d 1045 (R.I. 1995).
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Perrotti v. Solomon, 657 A.2d 1045 (R.I. 1995). · cites it 3× “1956 (1990 Reenactment) § 36-8-3 the retirement board is endowed with a broad grant of authority over the state retirement system and therefore possesses the authority to conduct hearings to investigate the propriety of Perrotti’s state pension.”
Lillian Rivera v. Employees' Ret. Sys. of Rhode Island, 70 A.3d 905 (R.I. 2013). · cites it 2× “Section 36-8-3 vests in the retirement board the power to oversee the retirement system and to establish rules and regulations controlling same; it should be noted that the procedural niceties as to how accidental disability applications are to be processed are not explicitly…”
Kass v. Ret. Bd. of the Employees' Ret. Sys., 567 A.2d 358 (R.I. 1989). “1956 (1984 Reenactment) §§ 36-8-3, 36-8-4. Under the original provisions of the 1936 legislation, the members of the General Assembly and certain other state officers and employees were expressly excluded from participation in the retirement system.”
PROVIDENCE Ret. BD. v. City Council of Providence, 660 A.2d 721 (R.I. 1995). “1956 (1990 Reenactment) §§ 36-8-3 and 35-10-2 (statutes granting State Retirement Board general powers similar to that of the retirement board but vesting authority to invest funds in a different agency).”
McGrath v. Rhode Island Ret. Bd. Ex Rel. Mayer, 906 F. Supp. 749 (D.R.I. 1995). · cites it 2× “Responsibility for the administration and operation of the Retirement System was and still is vested in the Retirement Board pursuant to R.I.Gen. Laws § 36-8-3. In 1951, Rhode Island established a statewide pension system for municipal employees, 1951 R.”
Nat'l Educ. Ass'n v. Ret. Bd. of the Rhode Island Employees' Ret. Sys., 972 F. Supp. 100 (D.R.I. 1997). · cites it 2× “See R.I. Gen. Laws § 36-8-3. Defendant Nancy J.”
Nat. Educ. Ass'n-rhode Island v. Ret. Bd., 972 F. Supp. 100 (D.R.I. 1997). · cites it 2× “See R.I. Gen. Laws § 36-8-3. Defendant Nancy J.”
The City of Cranston v. Int'l Bhd. of Police Officers, Local 301 (R.I. 2020). “]” General Laws 1956 § 36-8-2; see § 36-8-3. Section 36-8-1(16) defines “retirement allowance” as “annual payments for life made after retirement under and in accordance with chapters 8 to 10 of this title.”
The City of Cranston v. Int'l Bhd. of Police Officers, Local 301 (R.I. 2020). “]” General Laws 1956 § 36-8-2; see § 36-8-3. Section 36-8-1(16) defines “retirement allowance” as “annual payments for life made after retirement under and in accordance with chapters 8 to 10 of this title.”
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